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Patented Aug. 3,-1886 Fig. 2

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CHARLES SEEGMUELLER, OF HAMILTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO E. A.SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

HOLDER FOR COINS AND OTHER DISK S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,564, dated August3, 1886.

Application filed March S, 1886. Serial No. 194,306.

To wZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES SnEcMUnL- LER, of Hamilton, Butler county,Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disk-Holders,of which the following is a specification. This invention relates toholders for disks, and has particular reference to such disks as areemployed as game-counters and for coin. The improvements will be readilyunderstood from the following description, takenin connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is afront elevation of myimproved I; disk-holder embodied in the form of a wallfixture; Fig. 2, aplan of the same, with aportion of the hinged cover broken away; Fig. 3,an elevation of my improved disk-holder arranged in caster form; Fig. 4,a plan of the same, and Fig. 5 an enlarged vertical section through oneof the cylindrical cells.

In the drawings, A indicates a pile of diskssuch, for instance, as coinsor gamecountersthe disks of the pile being presumed to be ofsubstantially uniform thickness and diameter; B, a vertical cylindricalcell of a diameter suited to freely receive the disks, and of a depthsuited exactly to receivea predetermined number of the disks and thepiston on which they rest, the cell presenting at its top anunobstructed opening the full diameter of the cell; 0, a piston fittedto reciprocate within the cell, and to fall to thebottom of the cell bygravity; D, a finger-piece attached to the piston and projecting outsidethe cell, whereby the piston may be raised in the cell, by operating thefinger-piece; E, a stop upon the finger-piece, which limits its upwardmotion in such manner that the upper face of the +0 piston may only bepushed a certain distance beyond the upper end of the cylindrical cell;F, the upper extremity of the piston, having a diameter somewhat lessthan that of the cell, or of the disks which the piston supports; G,

awall-fixture containing two cylindrical series of the holders, thisfixture being adapted to be secured against a wall or similar verticalsurface; H, a caster structure containing a circular series of theholders, such structure beingj preferably fitted to revolve upon itssup- (No model.)

port; J, a base by which the caster structure is supported, and uponwhich it preferably revolves; K, a handle projecting upward from thecaster structure, by which the same may be conveniently moved from placeto place; and L, a hinged cover over the holders in the wall-fixture.

The cells inthe series may all be of the same size and adapted for asingle size of counters, or they may be of a variety of sizes suited 6efor a variety of counters or coins. So, also, the depth of the cells inthe series may be uniform, or they may vary so as to be suited toreceive different numbers of the disks.

The piston O gravitates to the bottom of its cell. The cell above thepiston is then filled with the disks, and the depth of the cell servesat once as a means for counting the disks. A cell being full of thedisks, itis, therefore, determined that a predetermined number of disksare in the cell, the top of the pile of disks being flush with the topof the cell. By pushing upward upon the finger-piece to the highestlimit permitted by the stop E, the entire pile of disks may then begrasped bodily and removed, the reduced diameter of the piston at Fpermitting the fingers to readily engage below the bottom disk.

The wall fixture (illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2) may be permanentlysecured in place, and the cover may, if desired, be provided with alock. The caster form (illustrated in Figs. 3 and t) is intendedforaportabledevice,whieh, with its contents, may be carried from placeto place.

The device, in either form, may be coir strueted either of wood ormetal, and may be as plain or ornamental as desired.

1 claim as my invention 1. In a disk-holder, a vertical cylindrical cellpresenting at its top an unobstructed opening the full diameter of thecell, a gravitating piston fitted to reciprocate therein, and afinger-piece connected to the piston and projecting outside thecell,combinedsubstantially 5 as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a disk-holder, a vertical cylindrical cell, a piston fitted toreciprocate therein and having an upper surface of reduced diameter, anda finger-piece connected to the piston and ICC projecting outside thecell, combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a disk-holder, a vertical cylindrical cell presenting at its topan unobstructed opening the full diameter of the cell, a gravitatingpiston fitted to reciprocate therein, a finger-piece connected to thepiston and projecting outside the cell, and a stop upon the finger-piecefitted to permit the piston to rise till it projects a portion of itslength above the top of the cell, and to limit the upward motion of thefinger-piece, combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a disk holder, a base, J, a caster CHAS. SEEGMUELLER.

Witnesses:

W. A. SEWARD, J. W. SEE.

